Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Chester came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Chester in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chester. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Chester data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Chester:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Chester was listed as Chester Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Chester is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Chester in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Chester for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Chester. See our Misc Page for Chester for more information.